2026-08-03 17:57:39Niklas Polke:
Add metadata and strip-components
linux/tar.md ..
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| `tar -tzf <file>` | Show directories from proton |
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| `tar -xzf <file> -C <dir to restore>` | Extract content from <file> into <dir to restore> |
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| `tar -xzf <file> --strip-components=2 -C <dir to restore>` | Extract content from <file> into <dir to restore> but ignores first 2 levels of directory structur |
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## Meta Data
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:::info
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Tar per default saves meta data such as user and group rights
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:::
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:::warning
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To correctly restore user and group rights do tar -xzf with **sudo**
